Weekly Events:
*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*Third literature circle discussion on Tuesday.
*Chapter 5 social studies test on Wednesday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
Coming Attractions:
*All-school Holiday Concert on Tuesday, December 10 at 9:00.
*Last literature circle discussion on Tuesday, December 10.
*Early dismissal on Tuesday, December 17 at 11:00.
*Bowling Field Trip on Wednesday, December 18, from 9:10-11:00.
*Holiday Visit to the Tivoli on Friday, December 20.
Prairieview School-Community Service
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to sponsor an Edward Hospital Animal
Assisted Therapy Program!!!
Assisted Therapy Program!!!
Thanks to
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Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - Our spelling pretest will be on Monday. Children who miss one or none will become challenge spellers. They will need to complete the challenge practice sheet and 3 activities by Friday. Regular spellers, that miss 2 or more on the pretest, will need to complete the practice sheet and 3 pages in the workbook for Friday. The spelling test will be on Friday.
English - We will continue working with adjectives this week. Our lessons will cover comparing with adjectives, comparing with good and bad, and proper adjectives. The children will also be writing an adjective poem this week. Our adjective test will be sometime during the week of December 9.
Reading - The children will have their third literature circle discussion on Tuesday, December 3. Our final discussion will be on Tuesday, December 10. I will also introduce our second trimester reading project. Each child will choose a biography for this project. Mrs. Csorba will have a cart of biographies ready for the children to pick from during their Thursday book check-out.
Science - We will be learning more about barn owls this week. On Wednesday, the children will also be involved in an owl pellet dissection. Later in the week, we will begin our next technology project on Owls. We will work on this project for the next week.
Social Studies - Our chapter 5 test will be on Wednesday, December 4. The children will fill out a "how to study" sheet on Monday. Here is a list of items to review:
*Lesson 1 vocabulary: charter, stock, cash crop, indentured servant, and House of Burgesses
*Explain why the English founded a colony on Roanoke Island.
*Explain why their was conflict between Spain and England.
*Analyze the problems the first Jamestown colonists encountered and how they solved them.
*Describe the type of government set up in the Virginia Colony.
*Lesson 2 vocabulary: Northwest Passage
*Evaluate the impact of the search for the Northwest Passage on the establishment of French and Dutch settlements in North America.
*Explain the factors responsible for the founding and growth of New France and New Amsterdam.
*Lesson 3 vocabulary: Pilgrim, Separatist, persecution, Mayflower Compact, and Puritan
*Describe the motivations of the Pilgrims in coming to North America.
*Summarize the difficulties encountered by the Pilgrims on their journey and in establishing Plymouth Colony.
*Describe how the Native Americans helped the Pilgrims and the significance of their Thanksgiving celebration.
*Explain how the Puritans applied the experiences of earlier English colonists to the growth of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
*Lesson 4 vocabulary: dissenter, proprietor, and debtor
*Compare and contrast the geography of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.
*Outline the similarities and differences of the settlers in each region.
*Explain how events in England affected the founding of the Middle and Southern Colonies.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - Finish Pretests. Introduce class to www.sokikom.com. HW: Review Adding Fractions and Mixed Numbers.
Tuesday - Problem Solving using adding fractions and mixed numbers. HW: Review subtracting fractions and mixed numbers.
Wednesday - Problem Solving using subtracting fractions and Mixed Numbers. HW: More review of subtracting mixed numbers/whole numbers.
Thursday - Problem Solving using subtracting mixed numbers/whole numbers. HW: Review for quiz tomorrow on adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers.
Friday - Quiz on adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers. HW: MAP or ISAT games, BuzzMath, or Sokikom (fractions).
